It all began last week when Pandher emailed the mayor out of the blue, asking him if he had time for a bhangra dance lesson.

“This is without question the coolest thing I've ever been asked to do ... ever!” Curtis replied. “I love it, a great big 'YES please' let's do this.”

Pandher, an author and dancer who has been living in the Yukon since 2012, said he wanted to show how inclusive and diverse the Yukon community is. He’s one of 29,000 people who live in Whitehorse, the territory's capital.

“I love it, a great big 'YES please' let’s do this.”

The Punjab-born Canadian citizen said he thinks a fear of others often comes from improper introductions to different people and customs.

The video “was to make Canadians aware of a visible culture so that others can connect across cultures better," he told HuffPost Canada in an email. So he started with something familiar to him, but perhaps not to others: his turban.

“At the end of the day, doesn't matter what the style of life is, everybody is just a fellow human being,” Pandher added.